Shamma, J. E., & Purasinghe, R. (2015, June), Introduction to Sub-Branches of Civil Engineering Fields through a Creative Freshmen Civil Engineering Design Course  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24372

\bibitem{asee_peer_24372}
  Shamma, J. E., \& Purasinghe, R. (2015, June), \emph{Introduction to Sub-Branches of Civil Engineering Fields through a Creative Freshmen Civil Engineering Design Course}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24372

John E. Shamma and Rupa Purasinghe.  "Introduction to Sub-Branches of Civil Engineering Fields through a Creative Freshmen Civil Engineering Design Course".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24372 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_24372}
  John E. Shamma and Rupa Purasinghe.
  "Introduction to Sub-Branches of Civil Engineering Fields through a Creative Freshmen Civil Engineering Design Course".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24372 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

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